The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c., :
JUNE 20. 1887.

carpets the dozen or more large
and beautiful parks, which are the
pride and one of the chief orna-
ments of a city that a worldwide
traveller pronounces, with the ex-
ception of Paris and Florence, the
fairest upon earth-an observation
that all Washingtonians, as well
as many sojourners here, will most
heartily endorse as true. Scores
of men are also culling from the
city's shade trees, millions of cat
erpiilar cocoons, before they get
ripe, for, as you readers are well
aware, such fruit is destruction to
vegetation, and very disgusting and
familiar at times-particularly to
the fairer portion Of humanity
AS the city has 10000 shade trees,
you can form some idea of the
magnitude of the task.
The usual summer exodus of
prominent officials has begun /;
Chief Justice Waite and family
have goneto Ohio, and Judge Mat
thews has followed. Judge Miller
has gone to Michigan, Judge Field
will soon go to California, while
Judge Harlan will probably soon
refresh himself with a view of Ken
lucky blue grass, if with nothing
stronger. And the Cabinet is ar
ranging for its summer vacation,
with the exception Of Secretary La
mar, who has just returned from a
fortnight's rest at his wife's old
home, near Macon, Georgia. Sec
rotary Endicott will pass the sum-
mer in Massachusetts. Secretary
Whitney will remain at "Grass-
lands" his suburban country seat,
the remainder of this month and
will then go to the coast; and At
ltorney General Garland will rusti-
cate upon "Hominy Hill," his
plantation, near Little Rock, Ar
kansas. Later in the season L will
dispose of the others.
|. l can safely assert that the larg-
est congregation in Washington,
assembled in the Congregational
church last Sunday afternoon, and
lit was duplicated at the Mt. Yer
non Place M. E. Church South, last
night. The attractio being the
Rev. Sam Small, the Georgia Evan
gelist, the colaborer of Rev. Sam
Jones. Mr.. Small left the old beat
en- track and presented new lines
of thought in religious discussion,
and all seemed edited by the inno-
vation and charmed with the sim
pie eloquence and great power with
which the Word was expounded by
the youthful preacher. Both Mr..
Small and Mr.. Jones will hold a
NEE ing at Washington nextmonth.
and the occasion will doubtless be
signalized by a wonderful religious
awakening.
The hosts of friends of Ex-Sec-
rotary of the Treasury, Daniel
Manning, rejoice that he has re-
turned from England in improved
health and spirits. interviewed
upon Presidential prospects, Mr..
Manning briefly said; that Presi-
dent Cleveland would be the win
ming card in. 1888; that he is a
good, but discreet party man, and
that if there should be opposition
among the Democrats, to the Pres
ident, it would not hurt him.
Since returning from Saranao, Mrs.
Cleveland still being at Oswego,
the President drives to Oak View,
his country seat, at 4, P. NJ, re-
freshes himself an hour or more,
with fresh country air, then re-
turns to the White House, and
dimes alone at 7 o'clock. 81 drink
light wines and beer" says the
President, sand I think 1 feel all
the better for them, but 1 do not
recommend their use to others, be-
cause I Relieve every man should
be a law unto HIMSELF. No Mug
wumpism about this sentiment, but
tstraight down Jacksonian Democ-
racy.
There are $4,000 Mexican PEN
sion claims on file in the Bureau,
for which certificates are being is
sued at the rate of 25o a day
This work will be disposed of by
the Both of next September and is
done by a voluntary detail of clerks
from the regular force, after Office
hours, as Congress failed to COM
ply with the request for additional
clerks to the extra work required.
The present fiscal year, which clos
es on July 30th, will show the larg-
est labor in granting original pen
sions of any year in the country's
history, exceeding even the year
1885, when 50,177 new names were
placed on the roll, certainly a most
creditable and liberal showing fol
the second year of the Democratic
Administration, and which should
heartily commend it to the soldiers
of the Union as a perfectly safe
guardian of their interests, despite
Republican assertions to the con-
trary.
Since General Logan's remains
were temporarily deposited in the
Rock Creek Cemetery, until claim
ed for final sepulture, by the State
of Illinois, a detail of United States
Regulars, has acted as a voluntary
Guard of Honor. The venerable
Rector of the ancient church, with
which the cemetery is connected,
while passing through the grounds
one night, was rudely accosted and
challenged by the soldiers, and so